Ace Football previews the Conference League game between Jablonec and Brighton who meet up on Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
As the early season favourites, Jablonec will look to justify their title credentials this coming Thursday when they take on Brighton for a round 2 match in the Conference League.
Form: Jablonec vs Brighton
Jablonec Form
Jablonec have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 0-1 victory against FC Zbrojovka Brno. Unable to follow that up, they went down 3-2 against Freiburg, before handing over another win to Viktoria Plzen in a 2-3 defeat. Jablonec just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Conference League matches at the Stadion Strelnice. They also drew two and lost zero of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded three goals.
Brighton Form
Brighton are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Sunderland got left behind in a 0-2 win, before FK Kauno Zalgiris got hammered in a 4-0 victory. Crystal Palace was the most recent victim in a 5-0 win for Brighton.
Betting facts for Jablonec and Brighton
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Jablonec and Brighton. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 15 of the last 17 Jablonec matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Jablonec home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Jablonec matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Jablonec home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Brighton have won the last 5 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Brighton have won 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 9 Brighton matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Brighton have won the last 3 away matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 3 of the last 4 Brighton away matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
In-form players: Jablonec vs Brighton
It is the beginning of a new Conference League campaign, and both Jablonec and Brighton will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Popular markets: Jablonec vs Brighton
Full-time result
Jablonec claimed seven wins, drew one and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Brighton won five, drew two and lost three of their last 10 games away. Brighton won their last 6 matches on the bounce.
Both teams to score
Jablonec scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Brighton scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Brighton have won-to-nil in 4 consecutive games. Jablonec managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Jablonec saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Brighton played across all tournaments. They scored 3.4 times on average in the process. Brighton won their last one matches to nil.
